Don’t promise to be responsible for another person’s debts.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts.
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan.
Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
If you promise to pay another person’s debt, then you will be sorry. You will be safe if you refuse to make those deals.
Only a fool will promise to be responsible for another person’s debts.
You will lose your shirt if you make yourself responsible for another man’s debts.